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The healing effect of this music and these
words on our mind/body cannot be overestimated...Graceful
Passages touches us where it matters most.
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Author, Minding the Body,
Mending the Mind
Graceful Passages...opens the heart to the
realization... of our birthright and our destiny.
Larry Dossey, M.D.
Author, Healing Words;
Reinventing Medicine
You have brought a masterful work of art
and an incredible gift to this world.
Jeremy Geffen, M.D .
Founder, Geffen Cancer Clinic
By the very nature of change, passages are
not usually embraced gracefully. Life threatening illness
and death present opportunities for resolution, forgiveness
and peace. Graceful Passages is a guiding light which helps
one to navigate through the darkness, mystery and fear surrounding
issues of transition, death and dying. Let the words and
music of Graceful Passages open your heart and comfort
your soul.
Stephen Hosea, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Santa Barbara, CA
Graceful Passages touched my heart right
at the time of my mother's passing. The music has such richness,
depth and variety. What a gift you have offered to all of
us.
Richard Moss, M.D.
Author, The I That Is We
Everyone needs Graceful Passages now!
Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Author Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
I recommend Graceful Passages for patients,
family
members, physicians and other healthcare providers. It is a wonderful tool
to help people touch the healing power of their spirit and inner resources.
Christina M. Puchalski, MD
Founder/Director George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health
Too often people do not have the support
they need in facing the personal issues that surround death.
There is a profound relation between understanding the nature
of peaceful dying and searching for meaning in life: peaceful
dying is as much about living well as it is about dying well.
Daniel R. Tobin, M.D.
from Peaceful Dying
Perseus Books, 1999
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Hospice
Graceful Passages inspires and encourages
us to
experience dying as much more than a medical event. It
helps to restore death to an honored and sacred place
in our culture. Graceful Passages is a compassionate
and reassuring companion for perhaps the most vulnerable period of our life,
the time of our dying. It illuminates the path from tragedy to transformation
offering heart advice for the journey. The CD is an excellent resource for
any hospice or healthcare organization. It is a beautiful fusion of,
evocative music, diverse perspectives and practical wisdom. I found that
Graceful Passages beautifully echoed our work at Zen Hospice Project and
would recommend
it to anyone accompanying the dying.
Frank Ostaseski
Founder
Zen Hospice Project
The music is beautiful and centering.
It is effective for our hospice staff as well as for patients
and families. We have used it as background for memorial
services that include families and for services that are
held to support the hospice staff itself.
The meditations have been powerful tools
to help find
meaning in the transition from life through death. The variety of traditions
facilitates our finding one that will be most helpful in specific cases. I
cannot emphasize enough how supportive the meditations are for those of us
who serve the patients in hospice, to help us recharge and refocus on our goals
of service, which can sometimes get lost in the chaos that surrounds end-of-life
care. Graceful Passages is a heart-filling tool for helping our patients and
families in life and in death.
Leslie G. Landrum, M.D.
Circle of Life Hospice
Graceful Passages is as vital to caregivers
as to those in our care.
Rev. Margaretmary Staller
Chaplain Heartland Home Health
and Hospice.
How wonderfully
welcome to my ears and soul! The music is truly beautiful
and extraordinarily moving- it provokes a soft open heart.
Joan Halifax
Founder/Director, Upaya Institute
Graceful Passages is a wonderful experience. It prodded
me to pay attention to my distractions. On a deep and profound
level, I recommitted to the profound messages of unconditional
love and mindfulness that are essential to serving the
dying and bereaved. I think this consciousness is vital
to those of us in Hospice leadership as we struggle to
maintain the spiritual uniqueness of hospice cared in an
increasingly regulated and costly health care environment.
I trust your work will continue to enrich myself and others.
Gail
M. Rink, MSW
Director of Community Counseling
and Education
Hospice Services of Santa Barbara
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Psychological
Graceful Passages is a brilliant tapestry
of intricate music, woven around the Featured Products. The music
seeps into your pores; the message burrows deep into your
soul. It is a breathtaking, yet gentle journey that inspires
the listener to a higher perspective on the issues of death
and dying. In doing so, it sheds light on the essence of
life itself. The soul is eternal; we are one with a loving
God; unconditional love is
our ultimate purpose in life. Through its ecumenical wisdom and expansive music,
Graceful Passages
is salve to the aching heart and inspiration to the soul.
Carol Bridgwater, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Graceful Passages makes souls connect;
hearts rejoice; connecting us to "all that is".
We all need to be reminded that we are truly loved so we
can find peace in that knowingness. This CD is truly for
the living: those in this illusion, and those passing from
it.
Georgene Burrington, ACH
Advanced Certified Hypnotherapist
On the journey through life, loss is a
constant companion. There are precious few allies on this
path even though it is one that we walk together. Graceful
Passages is one of those rare and precious companions that
I am grateful to be able to share with those so desperately
in need.
Deborah Coryell
Author, Good Grief
Graceful Passages, recognizing the movement
from life to death as a period of rich and sacred transformation,
accompanies that spiritual grounding with wisdom and compassion.
Kathleen Dowling Singh, Ph.D.
Author of The Grace in Dying:
How We Are Transformed Spiritually
As We Die
A moving, heart opening piece of work addressing
psychological and spiritual issues which every human being needs to open to
in their development.
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
Author At the Speed of Life
Deeply moving. Touches the soul and makes
contact with the universal. Should be in everyone's CD library.
Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
Author Getting the Love You Want
I have just
listened to Graceful Passages and I am deeply touched. My
heart is wide open and tears are flowing. Thank you for creating
this magnificent work. I support you with my love, my prayers
and good wishes.
Barbara Musser
Facilitator Human Awareness Institute
I am a psychotherapist and workshop presenter
who works with those who are living with illness and facing
end-of-life. I have been unalterably touched by the music
and messages of Graceful Passages. Thank you for developing
this incredible resource.
Fredda Wasserman, MPH, MFT
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Literary
Graceful Passages is simply one of the most
loving,
heartfelt, inspiring sound creations I have ever heard. I
recommend it to all those Baby Boomers who are in the process
of finding new creative ways of accompanying
their aging parents into their late senior years, and helping them prepare
for the afterlife. Five Stars for Graceful Passages!"
Margot Anand
Author, The Art of Tantra
Let this masterpiece of healing music
and inspiring words be an audio sanctuary for your soul
and a priceless gift to share with someone you love.
Jack Canfield
Co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
...of immeasurable value to those
whose hearts yearn for comfort... I have never heard
a rendering so courageous and soul-nurturing.
Alan Cohen
Author of The Dragon Doesn’t Live
Here Anymore
Graceful Passages is so very excellent,
a job well done indeed. You have hit the mark and aided
us all in the healing we took birth for.
Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Authors, A Year To Live
Graceful Passages just keeps taking
me deeper. What a wonderful and heartful gift you have
given to us -- so incredibly timely, too. You are
surely guided by spirit.
John Robbins
Author, Diet for a New America
Graceful Passages: You've never heard
anything like this. It's a combination of poetry, music,
insight and deep authenticity. It will touch your part
of the Collective Soul.
Martin Rutte
Co-author, Chicken Soup for the
Soul at Work
Using words, music, and images common
to many religious traditions, Graceful Passages provides
a holy space where human souls may touch, connect,
and let go; it offers a medium of affirmation, solace,
and blessing for the final passage of life.
Sarah York
Author, Remembering Well: Rituals
for Celebrating Life and Mourning Death
Arts
Graceful Passages invites us to listen
to the depths of our being, in sickness or health. This
is a true liturgy of soul, a blessing for the caregivers,
companions and families of those in transition. The beauty
of music, word and spirit brings us to the world of Grace.
Don Campbell
Author, The Mozart Effect
A perfect blend of words and music
that opens hearts and soothes souls. We highly recommend
it!
Kenny and Julia Loggins
Musician and authors of
The Unimaginable Life
In the midst of a burgeoning movement
to transform
America’s long-held denial of dying as a natural part of life, this CD
emerges as an intimate tool for compassion, awareness and support- both for
the person facing their transition, their families, and their caregivers. If
death is the doorway to our most profound destination, Graceful Passages is
a timely, essential resource for those upon the journey.
Steve Simon
Producer of the major motion picture,
What Dreams May Come
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Religious/Spiritual
An enjoyable diversity of theology, music
and culture. I think you have truly achieved your objective
of providing something that all people of all different
faith journeys can appreciate.
Pastor Michael Anderson
First Lutheran, Northridge, CA
Graceful Passages is a work of art, skillfully
created and intensely moving. While it can be of enormous
comfort to those who are terminally ill, it is also a valuable
resource for anyone who seeks to spend time in contemplation,
guided by those whose words provide deep inspiration.
Peter Laurence
Interim Executive Director
The Temple of Understanding
Thank you so much for the wonderful service you are providing-
it is, I believe, inspired by the Spirit of God. I am a Catholic
priest, working in Palliative Care and Hospice and the peace
and wisdom of Graceful Passages is truly a gift both to those
in care and caregivers.
Rev Dan Rocheleau
Our Lady of Mercy Church
Sarnia, Ontario
Even those of us not yet dying experience
the pain and agony of our daily, monthly, and yearly emotional
deaths and rebirths. Graceful Passages has lifted a veil
by exposing the profound ecstasy that lies within our agony.
These pieces will certainly become part of my own meditation,
and for special group meditations in our synagogue. Thank
you and may the Holy One bless you for birthing such a gift!
Rabbi David Zaslow
Havurah Shir Hadash
Ashland, Oregon
Social
What a gift you are giving to people in
their dying time and to their families! This is spiritual
work of the highest order. Congratulations.
Cindy Spring
Founder, Wisdom Circles
Business
For anyone on a spiritual journey, I
cannot recommend this work highly enough. The music
alone is worth the price of admission, but included in
this
package is a second CD with spoken messages by some
of the most remarkable teachers of our time, all set
to
Gary Malkin's extraordinary music and
speaking with compassion and intimate understanding
to the heart of the listener.
For any of you going through chaos or
challenges in your lives, or supporting others going
through transitions of any kind, including (but certainly
not limited to) end of life, I highly recommend Graceful
Passages. Though originally created to be used in hospice,
it is NOT just about the end-of-life transition, but
all transitions and all growth.
So if you or someone you know are going
through any kind of challenging transition, or if you
just want to have something supremely moving and znspirational,
I guarantee you will be impressed and moved and very
glad you decided to own a copy.
Also, having extra copies of Graceful Passages on hand for gifts to loved ones
going through tough times makes good sense, and is a beautiful way of sharing
something very deep and meaningful.
Bill Harris
Director Centerpointe Research Institute
We used the background music for our
guided imagery work in my Igniting the Spirit workshop
at Rancho la Puerta. Everyone was absolutely mesmerized.
It truly worked! I would recommend the CD to anyone.
Rarely do we experience such high quality. Thanks for
this exceptional work!
Marilyn Mason
Mason & Associates
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